1055. The Truth About Trauma: Why Your Nervous System is the Missing Link w/ Somatic Expert Brian Mahan

This episode is EMOTIONAL, but so beautiful, so get ready. Crystal opened up about her journey care-taking for her late father who suffered from Alzheimer’s. She discusses the denial and anger she felt in the beginning, to the struggles in the middle and finally the conflicting emotions she felt at his passing. Maria and Crystal also talk about their experience having immigrant parents, and how that affected who they are today. And of course, we had to end the episode with some of your burning Real Housewives questions.  Real Coco Water: https://www.realcocowater.com/ HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS  IG: @HealSquad TikTok: @HealSquadxMaria APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heal-squad-x-maria-menounos/id1320060107 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kXrmaNDQQ4i6prZe6LO89?si=19af23c6154943d0  HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Website: www.mariamenounos.com  Curated Macy’s Page: macys.com/healsquad  Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mariamenounos  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquadxMariaMenounos ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos’ passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life.  ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content [published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or Mariamenounos.com] is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you.     Any information or opinions expressed or contained herein are not intended to serve as or replace medical advice, nor to diagnose, prescribe or treat any disease, condition, illness or injury, and you should consult the health care professional of your choice regarding all matters concerning your health, including before beginning any exercise, weight loss, or health care program. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.   Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company’s Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions.

24 Jan 20231h 7min

Do you need to take a step back and relax? Do you want to recharge but have trouble doing so? On today’s episode Maria shares with us the importance of recharging and why sometimes you just gotta be lazy. What ways can you recharge? How do you recharge when your brain won’t let you? Maria also shares new updates on her health journey, about the importance of switching up your patterns, and more. Pop this episode on, and do something relaxing for you <3    We hope you enjoy!! HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS  IG: @HealSquad TikTok: @HealSquadxMaria APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heal-squad-x-maria-menounos/id1320060107 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kXrmaNDQQ4i6prZe6LO89?si=19af23c6154943d0  HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Website: www.mariamenounos.com  Curated Macy’s Page: macys.com/healsquad  Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mariamenounos  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquadxMariaMenounos ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos’ passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life.  ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content [published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or Mariamenounos.com] is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you.     Any information or opinions expressed or contained herein are not intended to serve as or replace medical advice, nor to diagnose, prescribe or treat any disease, condition, illness or injury, and you should consult the health care professional of your choice regarding all matters concerning your health, including before beginning any exercise, weight loss, or health care program. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.   Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company’s Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions.

23 Jan 202347min

How the RGF gang felt the need for a Saturday surprise. How your body speaks truth BUT how your mind can affect that truth. How the mind's truth may not be truth but, in fact, be falsehoods and 'spectres.' How we allow our minds to believe these falsehoods and specters to be true in our daily lives. And how said falsehoods and spectres literally kill us when we believe them real - as we so often do. From dissections of the original @startrek crew at the OK Corral to that of @mileycyrus at the #VMA's, we discover means to handle it all. Happy Pot Luck Saturday, Betches!

22 Jan 202323min

How your IQ can betray you and how B students sometimes know better! How @xavierdagba continues to pose life changing questions. Does your joy feel safe? What would you do IF you didn't fear rejection from others? How @deepakchopra continues to enlighten us: how needing to be right takes away 90% of your happiness. Measuring your joy/bliss data and how it can heal and ascend you. How @jennifercoolidge and others release from attachments to outcomes and how that is key to yielding the greatest ongoing success. How being #krisp may have replaced being #krisp. Bye Betches.

20 Jan 20231h 8min

Do you want to strengthen your connection to the universe? Find the inner light within you? We’re throwing it back to our episode with Bestselling author and speaker Agapi Stassinopoulos to chat about her non-denominational guide to harnessing the power of prayer in your life and using it to find connection, peace, and gratitude. She helps us strengthen our connection with the universe, shares how to reset our balance, the steps to take at the beginning of your spiritual journey, and MORE! We also discuss the importance of gratitude, and remembering to be grateful for all the good we DO have in our lives. We hope you enjoy this powerful episode! HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS  IG: @HealSquad TikTok: @HealSquadxMaria APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heal-squad-x-maria-menounos/id1320060107 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kXrmaNDQQ4i6prZe6LO89?si=19af23c6154943d0  HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Website: www.mariamenounos.com  Curated Macy’s Page: macys.com/healsquad  Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mariamenounos  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquadxMariaMenounos ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos’ passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life.  ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content [published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or Mariamenounos.com] is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you.     Any information or opinions expressed or contained herein are not intended to serve as or replace medical advice, nor to diagnose, prescribe or treat any disease, condition, illness or injury, and you should consult the health care professional of your choice regarding all matters concerning your health, including before beginning any exercise, weight loss, or health care program. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.   Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company’s Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions.

19 Jan 20231h 10min

Tom D’eri is an expert in autism employment as the founder of Rising Tide Car Wash, a social enterprise that employs more than 80 individuals with autism. A recognized thought leader in the autism employment field and a 2019 Forbes, 30 Under 30 list-maker in Social Entrepreneurship, Tom speaks regularly at Fortune 500 companies, leadership development programs and universities. Today he is giving us the best business tips that are applicable no matter where you are in your career. Tom shares with us the ways in which people with autism have made the business so successful- and the tips he has learned from them along the way. This episode is super inspiring and filled with so much good info that you can apply to your own career! We hope you enjoy! HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS  IG: @HealSquad TikTok: @HealSquadxMaria APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heal-squad-x-maria-menounos/id1320060107 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kXrmaNDQQ4i6prZe6LO89?si=19af23c6154943d0 HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Website: www.mariamenounos.com  Curated Macy’s Page: macys.com/healsquad  Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mariamenounos  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquadxMariaMenounos ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos’ passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life.  ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content [published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or Mariamenounos.com] is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you.     Any information or opinions expressed or contained herein are not intended to serve as or replace medical advice, nor to diagnose, prescribe or treat any disease, condition, illness or injury, and you should consult the health care professional of your choice regarding all matters concerning your health, including before beginning any exercise, weight loss, or health care program.  If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.   Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company’s Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company.  Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions.

18 Jan 202350min

Struggling with identity loss? Stuck in an old dream? Ready to discover a new dream, but also scared to quit your old one? When is the right time to quit? Does the universe really have your back? Comedian, podcast host and reality star, Hannah Berner was on track for a career as a professional tennis player- until she quit. We talk all about her journey of leaving behind one dream for another, and the identity loss and struggle along the way. Her performance anxiety and mental health challenges that came with it. What do you do when the path you’re on no longer feels right to you & when is the right time to switch paths? How does the universe show you what you’re meant to do? What should meeting the right person feel like? She gives us so many incredible insights to take away- as well as a lot of laughs along the way. We hope you enjoy :)  HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS  IG: @HealSquad TikTok: @HealSquadxMaria APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heal-squad-x-maria-menounos/id1320060107 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kXrmaNDQQ4i6prZe6LO89?si=19af23c6154943d0  HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Website: www.mariamenounos.com  Curated Macy’s Page: macys.com/healsquad  Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mariamenounos  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquadxMariaMenounos ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos’ passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life.  ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content [published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or Mariamenounos.com] is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you.     Any information or opinions expressed or contained herein are not intended to serve as or replace medical advice, nor to diagnose, prescribe or treat any disease, condition, illness or injury, and you should consult the health care professional of your choice regarding all matters concerning your health, including before beginning any exercise, weight loss, or health care program. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.   Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company’s Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions.

17 Jan 20231h 4min

What's the worst career advice you've ever received?? And the BEST? The advice that might alter your career forever? Manager Kev and Assistant Managers Kelsey and Karo are back answering all of your q’s! Why we MUST not blink. The importance of a challenge network. How to get back on your feet when you feel like you’ve plateaued. The worst piece of career advice Kev has ever received- and why you need to take every piece of advice with a grain of salt and trust your gut.

16 Jan 202358min